Re: Silly mistakes while cooking
I don't have a story of my own mistake from the kitchen but I have one from a friend......
We've invited a few couples over and I'm running late to change clothes cuz the apetizer (i.e. fish pakoray) needs to be done last minute and I won't deep fry after I have changed.....so.......friend offers to help fry while I go and freshen up.
Thankful for the help I accept her gracious offer and show her the fish pieces in one bowl, masala and besan in another. I demonstrate by taking 5 or 6 pieces at a time, dipping them and lowering them into the karahi for deep frying. I show her when to turn and when to remove from oil and drain.
I disappear for 10/15 minutes returning to find ALL of the fish pieces sitting in the bottom of the oil filled karahi slowly bubbling away like a molten mass. The masala-fied besan and fish have turned into a yellow pulp.
My generous friend reacts to the horror on my face with, "I've never fried fish before. I don't know why it's not cooking like the pieces you did."